Pole position: Goedemans in 1.53,4 (div. 1), Gardner in 1.49,2 (div. 2)
Fastest lap: Goedemans in 1.52,8 (div. 1), Frank Gardner in 1.48,4 (div. 2)
Distance: 1 hour
Average speed: 131,815 kmh (div. 1), 136,525 kmh (div. 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/68
Car info: 1968 Cars
Only two divisions here since division 3 would be present in the Spa 24 hours. Division 1 was a three-way battle between the Abarths of Goedemans and Hezemans and the Broadspeed Anglia of Fitzpatrick. The Abarths were in the lead at first, then after 4 laps Fitzpatrick passed Hezemans which was not part of the SRT script at all. But Hezemans fought back, and when Fitz missed his breaking point at the chicane, the Dutch double victory was secured. The 850 class was won by yet another Dutchman: Swart with his brand new group 5 Abarth. The debut of the Alan Mann Escort Twin Cam, freshly homologated on May 1, was a success; Gardner took pole and won the race, in front of his team-mate Attwood in the old Cortina. The Escort was on carburettors (160 HP); the fuel-injected engine (180 HP) was not yet reliable - and not needed anyway... |
Division 1
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Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
1 | 1 | 16 | SRT Holland Fiat Abarth 1000 TC |
Ab Goedemans, NL |
982 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 32 laps, 1:00.56,6 | 1 | 1.53,4 | 1.52,8 | |
2 | 2 | 17 | SRT Holland Fiat Abarth 1000 TC |
Toine Hezemans, NL |
982 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 32 laps, 1:00.57,0 | 2 | 1.53,6 | ||
3 | 3 | 23 | Team Broadspeed Ford Anglia |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
997 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 32 laps, 1:01.39,8 | 3 | 1.54,2 | ||
4 | 4 | 18 | Fiat Abarth 1000 TC |
Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I |
982 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 31 | ||||
5 | 5 | 20 | British Vita Racing BMC Mini Cooper S |
John Handley, GB |
999 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 30 | 4 | 1.59,3 | ||
6 | 1 | 4 | SAS Fiat Abarth 850 TC |
Ed Swart, NL |
847 | L4 | Div. 1/850 | 30 laps, 1:01.44,3 | 2.01,8 | |||
7 | 6 | British Vita Racing Morris Mini Cooper S 970 |
Alec Poole, IRL |
999 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 30 | 5 | 2.01,5 | |||
8 | 2 | Frami Racing Holland Morris Mini 850 |
Han Akersloot, NL |
848 | L4 | Div. 1/850 | 28 | |||||
9 | 3 | DKW F11 Junior |
Emile Holvoet, B |
796 | L3 | Div. 1/850 | 27 | |||||
10 | 7 | Morris Mini Cooper S 970 |
Robin Searle, GB |
999 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 27 | |||||
11 | 8 | NSU 1000 TTS |
Etienne Stalpaert, B |
996 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 27 | |||||
12 | 4 | Ross DKW F11 Junior |
Theo Smeets, NL |
796 | L3 | Div. 1/850 | 26 | |||||
13 | 5 | John Aley Austin Mini 850 |
Dick van Iperen, NL |
848 | L4 | Div. 1/850 | 22 |
Division 2
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Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
1 | 1 | 56 | Alan Mann Racing Ford Escort TC |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
1594 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 33 laps, 1:00.45,8 | 1 | 1.49,2 | 1.48,4 | |
2 | 2 | 55 | Alan Mann Racing Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus |
Richard Attwood, GB |
1594 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 33 laps, 1:00.56,7 | 2 | 1.50,8 | ||
3 | 3 | 52 | Team Lucien Bianchi Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA |
Jacques Demoulin, B |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 33 laps, 1:00.59,9 | 3? | |||
4 | 4 | 58 | Willy Kay Ford Lotus Cortina |
Willie Green, GB |
1594 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 32 | ||||
5 | 1 | 33 | Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
John Rhodes, GB |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 32 laps, 1:01.33,8 | 5 | 1.52,7 | ||
6 | 2 | 42 | SRT Holland Austin Mini Cooper S |
Hans Oskamp, NL |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 31 | ||||
7 | 3 | 32 | Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Steve Neal, GB |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 31 | 7 | 1.53,3 | 1.52,8 | |
8 | 5 | Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA |
T. Pellizzoni, I |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 31 | |||||
9 | 4 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior |
Jean-Marie Jacquemin, B |
1290 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 31 | |||||
10 | 6 | 51 | Team Lucien Bianchi Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA |
Daniel Dezy, B |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 31 | 6 | 1.53,0 | ||
11 | 5 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Raymond Aron, B |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 30 | |||||
12 | 6 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Graham Janzen, GB |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 30 | |||||
13 | 7 | Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA |
Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 28 | |||||
14 | 8 | Renault R 8 Gordini |
Jacques Simons, B |
1255 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 28 | |||||
15 | 9 | Renault R 8 Gordini |
Bernard Carlier, B |
1255 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 26 | |||||
16 | 7 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Julien Vernaeve, B |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 20 | 1.54,1 | ||||
DNF? | 54 | Ford Lotus Cortina |
Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B |
1594 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 4 | |||||
DNF | 43 | Team Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Yvette Fontaine, B |
1298 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 7 | 8 | 1.54,0 | Water leak |